But why did Alex still insist on giving it to her?
Because Alex would rather have no merits and no faults than make a mistake.
The vast majority of these family juniors were mere cannon fodder whose names weren't even mentioned in the original novel. Right now, they all appeared incredibly loyal and obedient. But he couldn't possibly guess what each of them was actually thinking deep down.
What if one of them harbored crooked thoughts, obtained this Seven Orifices Divine Heart, and became a second Isolde? Wouldn't that be equivalent to cutting off his own flesh to feed a white-eyed wolf?
Those four branch family Saint Lords were also four treacherous backstabbers. Every single one of them harboring massive ambitions.
In the entire family, only the Four Great Elders were explicitly recorded as being absolutely loyal to him. All loyal retainers who died for his sake.
